If you don't think your computer is downloading all the components needed
to run PowerChart and IDX, you you can download them directly from:
http://www.hmc.psu.edu/ive

If your security settings are too strict on your PC it may not allow you
to access the site.

Warning: Modifying security settings can make a computer more venerable
to attack if it is not properly patched. Please refer to the windows update site
for patches and fixes:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com. Users are advised NOT to install Windows
XP SP2 until all HMC applications have been certified.

The user logging in MUST have administrative rights on their computer. To
check this, do the following:

Start: Settings: Users and Passwords

Users tab, right click user name and select properties, group membership tab
should say administrators

Microsoft Internet Explorer options to check:

Go to Start --> Settings --> Control Panel --> Internet Options

General Tab

[Delete Cookies...] --> [OK]

[Delete Files...] --> check Delete all offline content --> [OK]

Security Tab

Click on Trusted sites

Click on the [Sites...] button

Uncheck "Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this
zone"

Type access.hersheymed.net --> [Add]

Type idx.hmc.psu.edu --> [Add]

Type www.hmc.psu.edu --> [Add]

[OK]

Privacy Tab

Medium High or lower will allow access.

If set at High or Block All Cookies it will not allow you log in.

Content Tab

[Auto Complete...]

[Clear Forms] --> [OK]

[Clear Passwords] --> [OK]

Saved or "cached" passwords can cause your account to become locked out.

Advanced Tab

Restore Defaults button

Check "Enable Integrated Windows Authentication (requires restart)"

AntiVirus software should be running and up-to-date. Virus definitions should
be less than 10 days old. A virus that is active on a machine can prevent it
from connecting.

If you are not running up-to-date Anti-Virus software you can install
Symantec
AntiVirus at home. Employees are allowed to install HMC's licensed version of
Symantec AntiVirus at on home systems during their association with the
Medical Center.

Symantec AntiVirus software will be available from the "HMC software" Bookmark
after a user connects to the IVE. Look under
"bookmarks once connected to the https://access.hersheymed.net site.

If you are running Norton Internet Security Suite, IDX will not function
properly. NISS must be disabled to allow IDX to run. It does not appear
that setting security for IDX within NISS works as it should.

For users running MSN / Google / Yahoo / AOL or other tool bar(s) that have
pop-up stoppers these can prevent Powerchart, IDX, Lawson Employee Self Service,
and other HMC applications from working correctly. Please check their documentation on how to disable those features or remove them from
your system.

Spyware: software installed with or without your permission or knowledge can
record passwords and send them to identity theft scam artists can cause
problems. We recommend users download and run one of the following programs to
detect and remove it from your home systems. A sign of spyware is numerous popups when
surfing the web, and when searching the web being redirected to sites other than
what you are looking for.